 ... salutary; and it is quite as difficult to see how true statistical instruction may be derived by comparing a large number of errors more or less gross with each other. ... So far, therefore, from the statistics obtained from this division being valuable...  The Science of Railways - Page 171by Marshall Monroe Kirkman - 1903Full view - About this book
 | 1892 - 232 pages
...statistics obtained from this division being valuable as affording a criterion for railway rates, we believe that the very fact that this false information...is the most cogent reason which could be given for ceasing to furnish a basis confessedly erroneous. A man who travels in the wrong direction is certainly... | |
 | 1920 - 804 pages
...statistics obtained from this division being valuable as affording a criterion for railway rates, we believe that the very fact that this false information is liable to be used is the most cogent reason which could be given for ceasing to furnish a basis confessedly erroneous.... | |
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